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Şah İsmayıl / Shah Ismail Appreciation Thread
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Facts:
- his father a Qizilbash leader died in battle when he was just 4
- quickly rose to power in NW Iran, declared himself Shah in Tebriz
- in 1510 he moved against Sunni Uzbek tribes and defeated the 28.000 men army with only 17.000 men, leader of the Uzbeks, was killed trying to escape after the battle
- established Shia Islam as State religion
- in 1514 the Ottomans, with highly trained professional troops armed with muskets and artillery, invaded northwest Iran. Ismāʿīl rushed from his campaigns in Central Asia to oppose the threat to his capital at Tabrīz. In a hard-fought battle, Selim and a force of 120,000 troops defeated Ismāʿīl and his army of 70,000 Ismāʿīl was wounded and nearly captured as he tried to rally troops. The Ottomans then took Tabrīz without opposition. A mutiny among his troops, however, forced Selim to withdraw, giving Ismāʿīl time to recover his strength.
- considered firearms unmanly which lead to the defeat
- The basic conflict between the Shīʿite empire Ismāʿīl had founded and the Sunnī Ottomans in the west and the Sunni Uzbek tribes in the east continued for more than a century.
- Ismāʿīl died at the age of 36
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Shah Ismael was great and pioneer of the modern Iranian identity no doubt but Abbas was the greatest Saffavid Shah ever.
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Originally Posted by
meson
Shah Ismael was great and pioneer of the modern Iranian identity no doubt but Abbas was the greatest Saffavid Shah ever.
I've always found myself more drawn to Ismail. He seems so deep and dutiful.
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Originally Posted by
Kyp Snow
I've always found myself more drawn to Ismail. He seems so deep and dutiful.
It's not odd considering that you're half Iranian Azeri and all like Ismail. It's odd on how Iranian Azeris identify more closer to Iranians while those in Azerbaijan feel more closer to Turkey and all.
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Originally Posted by
Toppo900
It's not odd considering that you're half Iranian Azeri and all like Ismail. It's odd on how Iranian Azeris identify more closer to Iranians while those in Azerbaijan feel more closer to Turkey and all.
Yes but to be fair Ismail is also considered a great man/leader among a lot Republican Azerbaijanis and Shias/Alevis in Turkey.
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Originally Posted by
Fedora
Love this song!
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I like some of his poems. Nadir shah is the greatest (turkic) emperor of iran tho.